Hello.
I am helping a close friend with a garage renovation. It is a garage from the 70s, approximately 6x10m. Three walls are made of blåbetong and one is made of wood. It has a mono-pitched roof with a standing seam metal roof. Unfortunately, I do not know the pitch of the roof. The roof trusses are about 6m and rest on the wooden wall where there is also a garage door.
My friend, without much consideration, has bought a garage door that is 5m wide and 2.1m high. This will replace the existing 2.5m door.
Now to my concern. I need to support the wall on which the roof trusses rest with a beam. Glulam doesn't fit. There will be 3 roof trusses with a 1.2m center-to-center spacing that will rest on the beam.
What kind of beam do I need for this? I have been suggested a 160x160 H-beam, but it feels insufficient...
I am helping a close friend with a garage renovation. It is a garage from the 70s, approximately 6x10m. Three walls are made of blåbetong and one is made of wood. It has a mono-pitched roof with a standing seam metal roof. Unfortunately, I do not know the pitch of the roof. The roof trusses are about 6m and rest on the wooden wall where there is also a garage door.
My friend, without much consideration, has bought a garage door that is 5m wide and 2.1m high. This will replace the existing 2.5m door.
Now to my concern. I need to support the wall on which the roof trusses rest with a beam. Glulam doesn't fit. There will be 3 roof trusses with a 1.2m center-to-center spacing that will rest on the beam.
What kind of beam do I need for this? I have been suggested a 160x160 H-beam, but it feels insufficient...
It leans towards a HEA 180 but I would probably want to see a floor plan first before I say anything more definite.
Make your own simple sketch showing the floor dimensions and the intended location of the gate. That's enough.